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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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The yearly death-rates from Cancer since 1920 are as follows:
| 1920 | 1.19 | 1928 | 1.38 |
| 1921 | 1.32 | 1929 | 1.53 |
| 1922 | 1.27 | 1930 | 1.57 |
| 1923 | 1.31 | 1931 | 1.51 |
| 1924 | 1.35 | 1932 | 1.57 |
| 1925 | 1.20 | 1933 | 1.62 |
| 1926 | 1.59 | 1934 | 1.86 |
| 1927 | 1.36 | 1935 | 1.52 |
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
No action was taken under Section 66 of the Public Health Act, 1925.
TUBERCULOSIS.
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925 (relating to persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis employed in the milk trade),
or under Section 62 of the Public Health Act, 1925 (relating to the compulsory removal to a
hospital of persons suffering from tuberculosis).
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER.
During the year under review the Tuberculosis Register has been corrected by the
removal of all cases under the headings: recovered, arrested, diagnosis not confirmed, lost
sight of, left the district or died, and the addition of all new cases notified, in accordance with
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.
The details of these removals and additions are as follows:
| Pulmonary : | Non-Pulmonary : | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | TOTALS | |
| Number of cases on Register at com-mencement of 1935 | 579 | 577 | 293 | 293 | 1,742 |
| Number of cases removed during the year | 115 | 81 | 19 | 18 | 233 |
| 464 | 496 | 274 | 275 | 1,509 | |
| Number of cases notified for the first time during 1935 | 117 | 89 | 32 | 31 | 269 |
| Number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of 1935 | 581 | 585 | 306 | 306 | 1,778 |
The number of cases notified for the first time during 1935 includes 240 cases analysed
in Table 50, page 113 and 29 in Table 51, page 114; these 29 cases are, of course, also included
in the 233 cases removed from the Register during the year.